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Musing upon the what-ifs that lottery jackpots often spawn, someone recently asked me what I would do if money wasn’t a factor. I can’t remember who. That’s an issue lately, but I digress. I do that too -again, another issue.

Like why I work with kids (okay, technically they’re adults) and love it even though it was never part of the plan.

And why I can sit for hours tweaking writing for which I don’t get paid and spend much less time on the kind of writing that pays (little, tiny) bills.

If I could do anything at all for work, I’d do exactly what I’m doing right now.

In different proportions, perhaps. Squeezed in-between travels around the world. But –I’d still work. I’d still write. I’d still hang around college kids.

Which brings me to the ill-titled blog which generates an unexpected number of monthly hits.

This week marks Kidssuck’s one year anniversary.

I didn’t know what it was going to be when I started it. Most days, I still don’t. But I’m still having fun with it. And you’re still reading it.

Thanks for that.

Thanks also for allowing me to be less of a hypocrite when I advise my kids and my students to choose a job to do because they love it.

With the certainty one might observe that the tide will rise, Kelley once told me that this is what I’m supposed to be doing –this writing thing. It took me decades to put my work out there, longer still to call myself “writer” when someone asked what I do. Odd, really. Because it’s as much a part of who I am as is my heritage, the color of my eyes. I can’t change it.

I tell everyone of the next generation who will listen: Do what you love. Don’t worry about the money.

It wasn’t the advice I received as a kid.

Doesn’t matter.

I pretend I’m not as old as I am and I’m finally following my own advice.

It’s like I’m on internship now, trying on pieces of a profession or two for size, adjusting their fit as I go. Every new job, new client, new story seems to produce another; they’re self-propagating.

Instead of following a traditional path for someone my age, I’m forging one of my own.

Maybe that’s why I get along so well with the college kids. On many days, I still feel like I’m just starting out. I make mistakes, ignore reality a lot, think about what-ifs far removed from lottery winnings.

And write.

So, thank you. For being with me on the site’s anniversary. For joining me in these stream-of-consciousness jottings. And for giving me someone for whom to write -besides just me.